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Hot Wheels Premium 1/43 issues 5 and 6

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Harv Goranson
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I never did find these at Target, so I resorted to ebay and paid a small premium to get the pair (and I still don't see them on the website). No. 5 gets the award for the longest model car title ever: Nissan Skyline GT-R (BNR34) V-spec II Nür with NISMO parts. Whew, what a mouthful. But it's entirely accurate, as far as I can tell. The GT-R (BNR34) V-spec II Nür was introduced in February 2002 and only 718 of the real ones were made. More detail here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Skyline_GT-R. Finished in a metallic light green - I did see some pics of 1:1s like this online.

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No. 6 is a Mercedes-AMG GT3 racing car. I did some research and found that this is a replica of the 2022 Spa 24-hour touring car race winner, entered by Team Akkodis. Strange that Mattel did not include this on the packaging, it might help sales. 

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And Karl, before you ask, I have uploaded these two to hobbydb. I hope this is not the end of the series. All six have 2022 copyrights on the base, and the various HW sites show nothing beyond #6. I wonder how well they are selling, given that Target still has Nos. 1-4 on their website.

 



   
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I am trying to decide to do what you did (like I did for #3 and #4) or wait it out for them to appear at target.com  (if they ever will)? 🙄 

Thanks for posting - they look equally nice as the 1st 4 but at least thy did more unusual units! 😎 



   
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Really excellent releases here from Mattel Hot Wheels.



   
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I took a few extra months compared to Harvey but I got these two finally..  for just a few $ more than retail...  still not at my local Target or on their website...

Hot Wheels Nissan Skyline GT R (BNR34) V spec II Nür
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Harv Goranson
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They are up to #10 or 11 but I may not buy any further. One is a recolor of the Sting Ray in orange, another is a custom Mustang but I don't know if it is based on a real vehicle or if HW is going back to their old ways. There's a Porsche 911 GT3 RS (I think) but I just ordered a Solido of that one.



   
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Today at Target I saw this one for $25.

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